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Carolyne Aarsen
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Though Carolyne Aarsen grew up in a city, she considers herself a full-fledged country person. When she's not writing, she's helping her husband with his logging business, their herd of cows, their horses and their chickens that managed to escape the clutches of the coyotes and owls. They are also involved with the youth in their church.
Because of her isolation from any kind of writing group, Carolyne learned to write by trial and error and by taking correspondence courses while she and her husband were raising their four natural children and the numerous foster children that came through their home. She documented the fun and foibles of their life in a weekly humor column carried in a number of Alberta newspapers.
Full Series List in Order
Aspen Valley Homecoming
1 - The Way Back Home (Jun-2021)2 - The Way Back to Faith (Jul-2021)
3 - The Way Back to Hope (Aug-2021)
4 - The Way Back to Love (Oct-2021)
Big Sky Cowboys
1 - Wrangling the Cowboy's Heart (Mar-2016)2 - Trusting the Cowboy (Jul-2016)
3 - The Cowboy's Christmas Baby (Nov-2016)
Cowboys of Cedar Ridge
1 - Courting the Cowboy (Feb-2017)2 - Second-Chance Cowboy (Jun-2017)
3 - The Cowboy's Family Christmas (Nov-2017)
4 - A Cowboy for the Twins (Feb-2018)
Cowboys of Aspen Valley
1 - Cowboy Daddy // Western Hearts (Nov-2010)2 - Her Cowboy Hero // Western Wishes (Jan-2015)
3 - Reunited with the Cowboy // Western Romance (Apr-2015)
4 - The Cowboy's Homecoming // Western Kisses (Jun-2015)
5 - The Baby Promise // Western Vows (Jan-2011)
6 - The Cowboy's Bride // Western Blessings (Jul-1999)
Family Bonds
1 - Seeking Home (Nov-2019)2 - Choosing Home (Dec-2019)
3 - Coming Home (Jan-2020)
4 - Finding Home (Feb-2020)
Family Promises
1 - Ever Caring (Mar-2020)2 - Ever After (Apr-2020)
3 - Ever Loving (Apr-2020)
Family Ties
1 - A Cowboy's Reunion (Jan-2019)2 - The Cowboy's Family (Mar-2019)
3 - Taming the Cowboy (May-2019)
4 - The Cowboy's Return (Jul-2019)
Froese Sisters
1 - The Only Best Place (Sep-2006)2 - All in One Place (Aug-2007)
Hearts of Hartley Creek
1 - A Father's Promise (Sep-2013)2 - Unexpected Father (Feb-2014)
3 - A Father in the Making (Apr-2014)
Hearts of Aspen Valley
1 - A Yearning Heart (Oct-2022)2 - A Seeking Heart (Jan-2023)
3 - A Loving Heart (Mar-2023)
4 - A Tender Heart (May-2023)
Holmes Crossing
1 - The Only Best Place (Sep-2006)2 - All in One Place (Aug-2007)
3 - This Place (Nov-2015)
4 - A Silence in the Heart (Mar-2017)
5 - Any Man Of Mine (Aug-2017)
6 - A Place in Her Heart (Sep-2019)
Home to Hartley Creek
1 - The Rancher's Return (Sep-2011)2 - Daddy Lessons (Mar-2012)
3 - Healing the Doctor's Heart (Jun-2012)
4 - Homecoming Reunion (Jan-2013)
5 - Catching Her Heart (Mar-2013)
6 - A Father's Promise (Sep-2013)
Love in Millars Crossing
1 - A Family's Christmas (Dec-2020)2 - A Family's Blessing (Jan-2021)
3 - A Family's Hope (Feb-2021)
4 - A Family's Promise (Apr-2021)
Millars Crossing
1 - Country Romance (Jul-2020)2 - Country Courtship (Aug-2020)
3 - Country Proposal (Sep-2020)
4 - Country Wedding (Nov-2020)
Refuge Ranch
1 - Her Cowboy Hero // Western Wishes (Jan-2015)2 - Reunited with the Cowboy // Western Romance (Apr-2015)
3 - The Cowboy's Homecoming // Western Kisses (Jun-2015)
Riverbend
1 - Yuletide Homecoming (Nov-2007)2 - Finally a Family (Jun-2008)
3 - A Family for Luke (Jan-2009)
4 - Close to Home (Nov-2009)
Stealing Home
1 - A Family-Style Christmas (Jan-2000)2 - A Mother at Heart (Mar-2000)
3 - A Family at Last (Dec-2000)
4 - A Hero for Kelsey (Apr-2001)
Sweet Hearts of Sweet Creek
1 - Homecoming (Nov-2017)2 - Her Heart's Promise (Nov-2017)
3 - Close to His Heart (Jan-2018)
4 - Divided Hearts (Jan-2018)
5 - A Hero at Heart (Mar-2018)
6 - A Mother's Heart (Apr-2018)
Multi-Author Series List
After the Storm
4 - The Matchmaking Pact (Oct-2009)Big Sky Centennial
Her Montana Twins (Sep-2014)The Heart of Main Street
2 - The Bachelor Baker (Aug-2013)Home on the Ranch
45 - The Baby Promise // Western Vows (Jan-2011)Home to Heather Creek
1 - Before the Dawn (2008)6 - An Abundance of Blessings (2008)
16 - Holiday Homecoming (2009)
22 - Helping Hands (2010)
Lone Star Cowboy League
4 - A Family for the Soldier (Jan-2016)Rocky Mountain Heirs
The Cowboy's Lady (Oct-2011)Tales From Grace Chapel Inn
14 - The Price of Fame (Feb-2008)19 - Mystery at the Inn (Sep-2010)
22 - Small-Town Reality ()
40 - Building Bridges (Jan-2008)
Tiny Blessings
Brought Together By Baby (Aug-2005)Book List in Order: 89 titles
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Ever Faithful
- Jul-1998
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ONCE IN LOVE For years Amy Danyluk had been the sassy little tomboy from the ranch next door, innocently pledging Paul Henderson her undying love. But Paul had followed his dreams to the city, losing himself in a whirlwind of success. Still, some...
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A Bride at Last
- Jan-1999
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CLINT FLETCHER WAS BACK... Still handsome and headstrong. He moved into his uncle's old house and took over the local newspaper. Yet nobody knew the true reason he'd returned--to finally claim the woman he loved.... Long ago, Clint had ...
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The Cowboy's Bride // Western Blessings
- Jul-1999
- / Contemporary Romance
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JOE BREWER DID NOT BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.... Still, the cowboy's lonely heart skipped a beat at first sight of Rebecca Stevenson. With her warm smile and sky blue eyes, this beautiful stranger was Joe's dream come true. He had to know mor...
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A Family-Style Christmas
- Jan-2000
- / Contemporary Romance
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THE LONG ROAD HOME The swaggering stranger was every warning nurse Caitlin Severn had ever heard, all wrapped up in one handsome, dangerous package. Yet, from the moment she saw his motorcycle crash and his manly strength shatter, something about ...
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A Mother at Heart
- Mar-2000
- / Contemporary Romance
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A PLACE TO BELONG Miriam Spencer had left the "glamorous" New York fashion world to return to the small farming town where she was raised. Perhaps here, if only for a little while, she could find some of the meaning that was missing in her life......
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A Family at Last
- Dec-2000
- / Contemporary Romance
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HEAVEN HELP HER... Cory Luciuk couldn't forget her painful childhood -- or forgive Matthew McKnight for his role in it. Now the man who stood for everything she loathed was back in her life, claiming to hold the key to Cory's future -- and...
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A Hero for Kelsey
- Apr-2001
- / Contemporary Romance
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There had been a time when Kelsey Swain thought a man would come along who would take away her troubles and make her complete. Now she knew better. The struggling single mom could only count on herself -- no matter what dashing Will Dempsey made her ...
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Twin Blessings
- Sep-2001
- / Contemporary Romance
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Uncle-turned-guardian Logan Napier wanted to provide his orphaned twin nieces, Brittany and Bethany, with a stable and loving home. Hiring a summer tutor was part of that plan. But he never expected the spirited and beautiful Sandra Bachman to turn t...
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Toward Home
- Jul-2003
- / Contemporary Romance
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A HEART, A HOME...A HUSBAND? All her life, the only place that represented the loving home Melanie Visser always yearned for was a stately, gingerbread Victorian in the town she grew up in. Moving back home, Melanie discovers that her dream house ...
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Love Is Patient
- Apr-2004
- / Contemporary Romance
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IN LOVE WITH HER BOSS If Dylan Matheson knew the real reason she had become his secretary, Lisa Sterling suspected his gray eyes would turn to Arctic ice. Always protective of her stepbrother, she now needed to get inside Dylan's company to cle...
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A Heart's Refuge
- Sep-2004
- / Contemporary Romance
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A FRESH START... Handsome but restless Rick Ethier had no use for the stuffy family business, but when his grandfather laid an interesting proposition at his door, he found it hard to say no. If Rich could bring a faltering magazine around to profit...
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Brought Together By Baby
- Aug-2005
- / Contemporary Romance
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To: Anne, Meg, Pilar From: Rachel Re: Updates on Mom, baby Gracie and the hunky doc! Well, Mom is making great strides in physical therapy?, and taking care of Gracie is an unexpected joy. Because my adopted little sister was a preemie, she's ha...
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The Only Best Place
- Sep-2006
- / Contemporary Romance
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Leslie Vandekeere thought her big-city career made her life worthwhile, but a move to small-town Montana shows her how big the world really is. Leslie had a good life: a happy family, a great career (even if it did pull her away from her home), a...
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All in One Place
- Aug-2007
- / Contemporary Romance
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Terra Froese has spent most of her adult life bouncing from job to job, man to man, and drink to drink. But when her latest relationship and job simultaneously fall apart, she leaves Seattle for rural Montana to visit her sister, Leslie VandeKeere, t...
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Yuletide Homecoming
- Nov-2007
- / Contemporary Romance
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"I Need To Talk To You." Sarah Westerveld had been waiting years to hear those words from her estranged father. But now that he had finally summoned her home at holiday time, his fragile health rendered him unable to speak. What had he wanted to t...
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Building Bridges
- Jan-2008
- / Contemporary Romance
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The end of August finds the Howard sisters busy trying new things. Louise's gifted hands check tire gauges, dipsticks and battery cables in addition to coaxing beautiful music from the piano and organ. Alice -- more accustomed to bandages, thermomete...
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An Abundance of Blessings
- 2008
- / Contemporary Romance
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Winter Wonders Heather Creek Farm is blanketed in snow an. ice as t e Bart o winter settles over Nebraska, but things are heating up for the Stevenson family. Emily, embarrassed by an innocent mistake, takes up a new hobby that could bring Charlo...
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Before the Dawn
- 2008
- / Contemporary Romance
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Charlotte Stevenson's world is turned upside down by the death of her daughter Denise. Denise ran away from home as a teenager and Charlotte has never forgiven herself. Now, Denise's three children are coming to live on Heather Creek Farm. Is this...
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The Price of Fame
- Feb-2008
- / Contemporary Romance
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The peace of winter is just settling over Acorn Hill when a movie crew arrives to scout locations for an upcoming film. The director wants to use Grace Chapel in the shoot, and the idea of seeing their small town on the big screen pulls the locals ou...
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Finally a Family
- Jun-2008
- / Contemporary Romance
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Arrogant Ethan Westerveld could scream that from the barn roof if he wanted. But half the place was now Hannah Kristoferson's. Not that she wanted one inch of the farm that reminded her of the only father she'd ever known--and his heartbreaking betra...
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A Family for Luke
- Jan-2009
- / Contemporary Romance
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Wanted: Family (Must Love Dogs) Luke Harris grew up without family. Now, it's all he wants. More so when he and his friendly dog move next door to widowed mom Janie Corbett and her three kids. For the first time, he can imagine hearing the pitter-pa...
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Holiday Homecoming
- 2009
- / Contemporary Romance
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A thick layer of snow blankets Heather Creek Farm, and as Christmas draws near, everyone is getting into the holiday spirit. Charlotte is looking forward to a nice quiet celebration with her family, but when an unexpected visitor arrives on the fa...
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The Matchmaking Pact
- Oct-2009
- / Contemporary Romance
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The Parent Trap Lily Marstow and Alyssa Cane think they have the perfect plan. After all, helping their single parents fall in love shouldn't be that hard. But Silas Marstow wants nothing to do with the woman who lost track of his child for precious...
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Close to Home
- Nov-2009
- / Contemporary Romance
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Jace Scholte used to be the town bad boy, a rebel who thought he had a cause. But when Jace fell for Dodie Westerveld, he changed and became a Christian. Instead of marrying him, though, Dodie ran away without a word, taking his heart with her. Now t...
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Helping Hands
- 2010
- / Contemporary Romance
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As the stifling heat of summer settles over Heather Creek Farm, bad news shakes Charlotte’s world: Her dear friend’s husband has a heart attack. As Charlotte comforts Hannah and helps them both through Frank’s difficult recovery, she begins to ...
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Cattleman's Courtship
- Jul-2010
- / Contemporary Romance
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Reunited With the Rancher Veterinarian Cara Morrison is planning another walk down the aisle with her ex-fiance -- except she isn't the bride and rancher Nicholas Chapman isn't the groom. With their best friends' wedding looming, the last thing maid...
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Mystery at the Inn
- Sep-2010
- / Contemporary Romance
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With their first-ever murder mystery weekend at the Grace Chapel Inn, the Howard sisters get the whole town involved but who will solve the case? The month of October brings thrills, chills, and excitement to the good people of Acorn Hill. The Howa...
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Cowboy Daddy // Western Hearts
- Nov-2010
- / Contemporary Romance
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Daddy In His Heart Rancher Kip Cosgrove promised his dying brother he'd take care of his motherless young twins. So when the boys' estranged aunt shows up on the Cosgrove doorstep with a will and the law on her side, Kip digs in his boot heels. Nico...
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The Baby Promise // Western Vows
- Jan-2011
- / Contemporary Romance
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Cowboys of Aspen Valley - 5
Home on the Ranch - 45
Love Inspired - 608
Love Inspired Large Print - 608
A Soldier's Vow On leave from the army, Nick Colter heads to a quiet Alberta ranch to fulfill a promise. His buddy left behind a pregnant wife in need of protection and friendship that only Nick can provide. Despite years in combat, he isn't prepare...
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The Rancher's Return
- Sep-2011
- / Contemporary Romance
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Home On The Ranch The Rocking K ranch is the only home Carter Beck has ever known. Now, in the wake of family tragedy, he wants to sell it. But how can he do that when his new horse trainer, Emma Minton, sees the ranch as her fresh start? All she ...
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The Cowboy's Lady
- Oct-2011
- / Contemporary Romance
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The Way to a Cowboy's Heart Cody Jameson knows that hiring gourmet chef Vivienne Clayton for the Circle C Ranch has to be a mistake. He once secretly loved her, but she's back in tiny Clayton, Colorado, for just a year. Vivienne wonders how she'll s...
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Daddy Lessons
- Mar-2012
- / Contemporary Romance
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Hometown Reunion Her high school sweetheart is the last person teacher Hailey Deacon expects to encounter back home in Hartley Creek. Since Dan Morrow closed the door on their future, Hailey's determined to make this a temporary stay. She has an ill...
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Healing the Doctor's Heart
- Jun-2012
- / Contemporary Romance
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Saving lives is what nurse Shannon Deacon excels at. The fast pace of the emergency room provides a distraction from painful memories of being left at the altar. Until she discovers that her next-door neighbor happens to be her ex-fiancé's brother. D...
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Homecoming Reunion
- Jan-2013
- / Contemporary Romance
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Local Boy Makes Good After ten years, Garret Beck is back with something to prove-to himself, to Hartley Creek and especially to Larissa Weir's family. Her father was once convinced Garret would never be successful enough. Now he's investing in th...
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Catching Her Heart
- Mar-2013
- / Contemporary Romance
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Second Chance Season When they fell in love that summer, Jess Schroder never knew the secret Naomi Deacon carried away with her. The boy from a troubled home made it clear he wasn't cut out to be a father. Frightened and with her heart breaking,...
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The Bachelor Baker
- Aug-2013
- / Contemporary Romance
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An Unlikely Partnership Opening a business isn't a piece of cake -- something Melissa Sweeney discovers when an anonymous benefactor brings her to Bygones, Kansas. She can't fulfill her longtime dream of starting up her own bakery without help. ...
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A Father's Promise
- Sep-2013
- / Contemporary Romance
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Hearts of Hartley Creek - 1
Home to Hartley Creek - 6
Love Inspired - 800
Love Inspired Large Print - 800
A Chance For Redemption Widowed attorney Zach Truscott is ready for a fresh start. So he and his beloved daughter head west to the quaint town of Hartley Creek. But instead of a new beginning, Zach comes face-to-face with a woman from the past. W...
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Unexpected Father
- Feb-2014
- / Contemporary Romance
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Newfound Family Denny Norquest has a plan. Lease a ranch in Hartley Creek and raise cattle. But the baby dropped in his lap changes everything. Soon he's deep in diaper duty--with no end in sight Bookseller Evangeline Arsenau feels compelled to h...
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A Father in the Making
- Apr-2014
- / Contemporary Romance
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Family At Last Nate Lyster and Mia Verbeek are in perfect agreement--letting someone new into your life is much too risky. Mom to four kids, Mia can't let just anyone get close, while wandering cowboy Nate learned young that trusting another mean...
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Her Montana Twins
- Sep-2014
- / Contemporary Romance
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A Forever Family Raising twins on her own hasn't been easy for widowed mom Hannah Douglas. But she's determined to see her family -- and the picnic basket auction she's organizing for the town's centennial celebration -- succeed. Still, there are...
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Her Cowboy Hero // Western Wishes
- Jan-2015
- / Contemporary Romance
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Second-Chance Cowboy Montana rodeo star Tanner Fortier is a good man. A man Keira Bannister never stopped loving. But when he shows up at Refuge Ranch looking to have his late brother's saddle repaired in time for the championships, he's the last...
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Reunited with the Cowboy // Western Romance
- Apr-2015
- / Contemporary Romance
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Second Chance at Love Heather Bannister is back in Montana for her sister's wedding. But returning to Refuge Ranch brings her face-to-face with a past best forgotten -- including high school sweetheart John Argall. Now a single dad, John simply w...
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The Cowboy's Homecoming // Western Kisses
- Jun-2015
- / Contemporary Romance
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The Cowboy's Reunion Seeking redemption from his troubled past, cowboy Lee Bannister returns to his Montana hometown. He's not looking for love -- just to prove he's not the same reckless guy who broke Abby Newton's heart and destroyed her family...
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This Place
- Nov-2015
- / Contemporary Romance
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It took Miriam Bristol many years to find rhythm and security in her life after bouncing between a loving foster home and a neglectful mother. But this rhythm is interrupted when she unexpectedly becomes the guardian of her five-year-old orphaned nie...
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A Family for the Soldier
- Jan-2016
- / Contemporary Romance
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A Cowboy's Homecoming Since his return to Little Horn, Texas, former special ops soldier Grady Stillwater has felt lost. Stillwater Ranch needs his attention -- and so does his brother's abandoned baby. But the injuries Grady sustained in Afghani...
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Wrangling the Cowboy's Heart
- Mar-2016
- / Contemporary Romance
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Love Under the Big Sky Back home in Montana, free spirit Jodie McCauley plans to stay at her late father's ranch for just two months. Then she'll sell the Rocking M and head off on her next adventure. But first she'll have to take her beloved hor...
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Trusting the Cowboy
- Jul-2016
- / Contemporary Romance
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Falling for the Rancher When Lauren McCauley returns to the Circle M Ranch after her father's death, she's focused on selling the spread and getting a fresh start somewhere else. But she's unprepared for the jolt her heart feels when she meets Vi...
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The Cowboy's Christmas Baby
- Nov-2016
- / Contemporary Romance
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A Family For Christmas No one expected Erin McCauley to arrive in Saddlebank, Montana, with a baby…and no wedding ring. Especially not Dean Moore, who cared for Erin but knew the by-the-book girl would never go for a hard-living cowboy like him...
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Courting the Cowboy
- Feb-2017
- / Contemporary Romance
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Meeting the Cowboy's Family Looking for inspiration, artist Ella Langton rents a cabin in the isolated Porcupine Hills of Alberta. She didn't count on having neighbors, but rancher Cord Walsh and his three children are just a stone's throw away. ...
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A Silence in the Heart
- Mar-2017
- / Contemporary Romance
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From the moment veterinarian David Braun started working at his new office, determined vet tech Tracy Harris caught his eye. The more they worked together, the more he was attracted to her -- and the more she retreated. David knew something was haunt...
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Second-Chance Cowboy
- Jun-2017
- / Contemporary Romance
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Rancher Daddy Morgan Walsh will do just about anything to connect with the son who continues to keep him at arm's length. Even ask a favor of ex-fiancée Tabitha Rennie. And what young Nathan desperately wants is for Tabitha to train his late mot...
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Any Man Of Mine
- Aug-2017
- / Contemporary Romance
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SEPARATING THE MEN FROM THE "GUYS"... Living with three brothers has taught me what I don't want in a husband. "Guys" who can only converse about farming, welding and hockey won't cut it. And those who prefer a rodeo to a symphony or dusty jeans to ...
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Her Heart's Promise
- Nov-2017
- / Contemporary Romance
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----- previously published as A Bride at Last in 1999 She’s a journalist on a mission. He’s in heart… and in her way. Will they have to choose between justice and love? As the plain older sibling to two beautiful sisters, Nadine Laidlaw is ...
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Homecoming
- Nov-2017
- / Contemporary Romance
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THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS No way would Sheryl Kyle trust in men -- or heaven -- again. Her heart had been broken a hundred different ways, her once-sunny soul shadowed by unanswered prayers. Now she hid behind a cynical, citified shell, where neith...
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The Cowboy's Family Christmas
- Nov-2017
- / Contemporary Romance
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Holiday Ranch Reunion Leanne Walsh is stunned when Reuben Walsh returns to his family's ranch for the holidays. No matter how hard she tried to convince herself that marrying the more stable Walsh brother was the right decision, it was unpredicta...
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Close to His Heart
- Jan-2018
- / Contemporary Romance
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------ previously published as ---- Close to Home --- November 2009 He's chasing his dreams. She's hiding from her past. Can a hometown fundraiser heal their broken hearts? Jace Scholte is determined to rise above his poverty-stricken chi...
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Divided Hearts
- Jan-2018
- / Contemporary Romance
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----- originally published as --- A Family at Last --- in 2000 She's running from her past. He's questioning his future. Can small town dreams bring them together? Cory Luciuk never wanted to think about her manipulative stepfather agai...
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A Cowboy for the Twins
- Feb-2018
- / Contemporary Romance
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COWBOY DADDY Shauntelle Dexter’s twin girls think they’ve found their perfect new dad in cowboy Noah Cosgrove. But how could she ever be interested in the man her family believes responsible for her brother’s death? Besides, while she’s putt...
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A Hero at Heart
- Mar-2018
- / Contemporary Romance
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-------- originally published as --- A Hero for Kelsey --- in 2001 She’s holding on to her late husband’s memory. He won’t let go of his secrets. Will an old flame light up a second chance at love? Kelsey Swain knows there’s no such thi...
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A Mother's Heart
- Apr-2018
- / Contemporary Romance
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A single mother who dreams of home meets a contractor on the run from his past. Will he tear down their only chance at a shared future? Claire is just a few paychecks away from moving into her beloved childhood home. When a man from her past count...
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A Cowboy's Reunion
- Jan-2019
- / Contemporary Romance
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He’s still reeling from the breakup. She’s ashamed of what she did. Can a chance reunion mend the fence, or are some hearts forever broken? Kane can’t face running his foster family’s ranch alone. By now he’d hoped to live on the property ...
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The Cowboy's Family
- Mar-2019
- / Contemporary Romance
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She's desperate. He's loyal. Will a dark lie hold them back from finding love on the ranch? Tricia only wants what's best for her children. That's why the widow rushed into the arms of another man so quickly, only to suffer violent, terrifying abuse...
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